Ke$ha to play the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University

One of the biggest names in pop comes to Syracuse this spring. Ke$ha will headline the 2013 Block Party at Syracuse University, student organization University Union announced late Sunday night. She will perform at the Carrier Dome on April 26.

University Union said the opening acts for the show will be announced "at a later date."

Doors for the show open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for Syracuse University and SUNY ESF students go on sale April 2 at 10 a.m. Tickets for the general public are $40 and will be available starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 5. Tickets can be purchased at the Carrier Dome or online.

University Union says the capacity for the show at the Carrier Dome is 15,000 people.

Block Party is the culmination of the university's annual Mayfest celebration. Past performers include Kanye West, Ben Folds, Drake and Kaskade. Ke$ha is the first female headliner since Fergie performed in 2008.

After selling out Block Party shows in 2010 and 2011 with Drake and Kid Cudi, respectively, the event failed to sell out last year with Kaskade as headliner. It was the first year an electronic dance music act headlined Block Party.

This year, the event returns to pop with Ke$ha, a pop star and rapper. Ke$ha is best known for her chart-topping singles "Tik Tok," "We R Who We R" and "Blow." Her recent single "Die Young" was removed from many radio airwaves in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Conn.